Friday, May 23, 2014

Whenever I video someone donating for Locks of Love, I always hope that it will inspire someone else to donate their hair. It's such a wonderful experience to be part of the donation process. How sweet it was for this young girl to donate her hair.

In this video tutorial I cut and textured the hair extensions so it would be hard to tell where the extensions start and where the real hair begins. I first started off with cutting the desired length. Then I did some point cutting and texturing with my scissors. Then I used my razor to finish off the blending.

I find the razor does a really good job at blending in the hair. You basically slide down the hair and the razor does most of the work. You have to be careful not to put too much pressure on the hair when you are using the razor or you may cut too much.

It took me a while to get the hang of doing hair extensions. First, I really had to decide what I was going to work on. It was either learn how to glue them in or to use the micro-beads. I decided to go with the micro-beads, because it's supposed to be less damaging on he hair. The beads that I prefer to use have silicone inside the bead to protect the hair.

It also took me a while to get used to balancing everything without dropping things on the floor. Just like when you first start cutting hair, you are constantly dropping the comb and the scissors, clips, etc, you have to learn how to get the rhythm of applying the hair extensions.

The longer the difference between the real hair and the hair extensions, the more difficult it is to blend. However in most cases, you can easily add a few inches and it will blend in just fine and appear very natural. It will also appear thicker and fuller because of the extra hair that you have added in.

You can add more extensions for thicker and less for thinner hair results.